Antony and Cleopatra (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Fill in the gap: "If I lose mine ＿＿＿＿＿, / I lose myself."
Antony, Act 3, Scene 4
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Fill in the gap: "If I lose mine ＿＿＿＿＿, / I lose myself."
Antony, Act 3, Scene 4
Answer: "If I lose mine honour, / I lose myself."
Fill in the gap: "Now no more / The juice of Egypt's grape shall moist this ＿＿＿＿＿."
Cleopatra, Act 5, Scene 2
Answer: "Now no more / The juice of Egypt's grape shall moist this lip."
Fill in the gap: "It is ＿＿＿＿＿ / To do that thing that ends all other deeds,"
Cleopatra, Act 5, Scene 2
Answer: "It is great / To do that thing that ends all other deeds,"
Fill in the gap: "O, whither hast thou led me, ＿＿＿＿＿?"
Antony, Act 3, Scene 11
Answer: "O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt?"
Key quote: "is not more manlike / Than Cleopatra, nor the queen of Ptolemy / More womanly than he;"
Caesar (Octavius), Act 1, Scene 4
Analysis
The gender contrast presents Antony as no more 'manlike' than Cleopatra. It suggests his indulgence has caused a collapse of Roman masculinity.
Key quote: "Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch / Of the ranged empire fall. Here is my space."
Antony, Act 1, Scene 1
Analysis
The hyperbole of Rome melting shows Antony choosing desire over empire from the very start. He would let the whole world fall for Cleopatra.
Key quote: "He was disposed to mirth, but on the sudden / A Roman thought hath struck him."
Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 2
Analysis
A 'Roman thought' stands for duty and seriousness. It sets Rome against Egypt, which represents pleasure and desire.
Key quote: "I'th' market place on a tribunal silvered, / Cleopatra and himself in chairs of gold / Were publicly enthroned..."
Caesar (Octavius), Act 3, Scene 6
Analysis
The imagery of gold and public spectacle presents Egyptian ceremony as corrupting excess. To Roman eyes, Antony has abandoned duty for display.
Key quote: "Swallows have built / In Cleopatra's sails their nests. The augurs / Say they know not, they cannot tell, look grimly, / And dare not speak their knowledge."
Scarus, Act 4, Scene 13
Analysis
The natural omen of the swallows foreshadows defeat at sea. It suggests fate is now taking over from human choice.
Key quote: "yet must Antony / No way excuse his foils when we do bear / So great weight in his lightness."
Caesar (Octavius), Act 1, Scene 4
Analysis
The antithesis of 'weight' and 'lightness' contrasts serious Roman duty with Antony's Egyptian indulgence. Caesar judges him as careless and irresponsible.
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